On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 15:32 +0200, Thomas Kemptner wrote:

> I tried to configure a wlan card with ath5k on linux, but it is not
> possible to change the mode from "managed" to "ad-hoc".
> 
> >iwconfig wlan1 mode ad-hoc
> 
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
> SET failed on device wlan1 ; Device or resource busy.

It's a known limitation of mac80211.  You need to bring the interface
down to change the mode.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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